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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:24
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
July 02, 2006. Size ca. 3mm. That fly seems to be the one that never flies, even being prompted (with a toothpick or similar stimulus). It just moves quickly and virtually with equal ease in any direction, much like a crab, trying to hide from direct light. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [140.31Kb] |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:41
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Typhamyza bifasciata (Anthomyzidae). The highlight of an otherwise externally quite boring family. From a Finnish point-of-view this species is a southern rarity and it has been collected here only once in the 1930's. I have never seen it while hunting for dolichopodids and believe me, I have been looking
Edited by Kahis on 03-07-2006 07:44 Kahis |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:43
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9536 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think Anthomyza fasciata, Anthomyzidae, but I'm not sure (never seen this fly before).
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:46
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thank you so much Jere, I was just a few seconds late to ask could this be an Anthomyzidae  ! I should have looked more attentively at my own tread's update (by myself )!... |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:49
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Paul, maybe it's worth placing it in the Gallery - no Anthomyzidae there yet. Or maybe you'd like to have it splitted in two? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:52
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9536 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Is Anthomyza fasciata old synonym of Typhamyza bifasciata? I didn't found any in Netherlands checklist. Anthomyza fasciata is from old key (Diptera of Europ. part of Russia). Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 02-07-2006 20:56
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
I searched the Web for images of this fly and found only this Czech site (http://www.szmo.cz/virtmuz/obrkatalog.htm) with rather surreal New Year cards by J. Rohacek.
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 02-07-2006 20:57 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 03-07-2006 07:26
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Black wrote: Paul, maybe it's worth placing it in the Gallery - no Anthomyzidae there yet. Or maybe you'd like to have it splitted in two? Submit pictures you want to have using this link: http://www.dipter...hp?stype=p. It may give you the opportunity to polish things up a bit or crop them in another way than they are in the forum. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 03-07-2006 07:30
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2162 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Dima, Very beautifull pictures again! This is, I agree with Jere, indeed one of the more beautiful species of Anthomyzidae. In The Netherlands this species has also been rarely collected. There are three specimens in the collection of the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam, and I have seen no other specimens from The Netherlands yet. I have seen it from Germany too, where it was collected by means of pitfall traps. And Nikita, Anthomyza fasciata is indeed a synonym of Typhamyza bifasciata. Jan Willem Edited by Jan Willem on 03-07-2006 10:17 |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 03-07-2006 09:43
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3346 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks Paul (for instructions) and Jan (for your compliment). |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-07-2006 14:39
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9536 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Nikita, Anthomyza fasciata is indeed a synonym of Typhamyza bifasciata. Thank you Jan. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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